This is not a Unit: Eight 21st Century Shifts for every Calss, Every Curriculum
Will Richardson Cooper Mission Provide all children with the relevant tools to develop a foundation for living, learning and working successfully.
VisionCooper or is a learning community characterized by a responsive, child-centered philosophy that respects diversity and supports high expectations for the learning of all in a safe environment.
Mistake…Seeing “Content as KING” Great resource (and free) Google Sketch up (math, science, Art etc.) LuLu.com students upload writing and can publish book http://paper.li/ What is learning? Active process What “we” education is focused on: Education vs. EverydayAnalog vs. Digital Tethered vs. Mobile Isolated vs. Connected Generic vs. Personal Consumption vs. Creation Closed vs. Open
Eight* Shifts For Us, For Our KidsShift #1: Do Talk to Strangers (Friend based…Interest based) “Kids learn on the Internet in a self-directed way, by looking around for information they are interested in, or connecting with others who can help them. This is a big departure from how they are asked to learn in most schools, where the teacher is the expert and there is a fixed set of content to master.”--Mimi ItoMacArthur Foundation Shift #2: Create Your "G-Portfolio" “public is the new default” Shift #3: Share Widely How do we “build” a learning e-community Shift #4: Manage Information...Lots of It Sort, filter, find it when it is needed 21st Century readers and writers need to be able to"manage, analyze and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information." Shift #5: Be a Crap Detector with Attention Literacy “whois” find out who has hosted a site Shift #6: Follow Your Passions "The model of 21st century learning described in this plan calls for engaging and empowering learning experiences for all learners. The model asks that we focus what and how we teach to match what people need to know, how they learn, where and when they will learn, and who needs to learn. It brings state-of-the art technology into learning to enable, motivate, and inspire all students, regardless of background, languages, or disabilities, to achieve. It leverages the power of technology to provide personalized learning instead of a one-size fits-all curriculum, pace of teaching, and instructional practices." Shift #7: Learn to Learn“In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” --Eric Hoffer KahnAcamedy http://www.khanacademy.org/ Where we compete is in: LEARNING Shift #8: Solve Problems...Creatively, Patiently Ways people connect: (Graphic) Online… in 60 seconds (Graphic)
Kelly(Reeves) - School-wide Writing Prompts/Plan
Character Trait
vocabulary & background; provide question/prompt
locate reading source to learn/explore more about given trait
model critical thinking, underlining, pair/share
repeat
write (3 paragraph/3 page response); use 6 Traits - choosing a new trait each month
PBIS
vocabulary & background; provide question/prompt
locate reading source to learn/explore more about given trait
model critical thinking, underlining, pair/share
repeat
write (3 paragraph/3 page response); use 6 Traits - choosing a new trait each month
Collect Data each month on these prompts
Kelly
Good Book: Teach Like a Champion
1. simplify - less is more (no more than 6 initiatives)
2. clarify what works best
3. monitor implementation
3 Keys to improved achievement for students
1. Guarenteed Viable Curriculum (Marzano)
2. Authentic College Prep Literacy
3. Effective Prep Lessons
Research does not support:
Differentiated Instruction - research does not suppot it
smaller class size
WRITING
NEED to be having students doing WAY more writing!
Write numerous 3 page essays annually
(mikeschmoker.com = Write More Grade Less)
Rafe Esquith - increase reading and writing
50-80% of curriculum should be:
Read, Discuss, Write
Read: given quality reading materials (news papers, magazines, Emily Dickenson, science text, historical documents - Plessey vs. Ferguson...)
Eight 21st Century Shifts for every Calss, Every Curriculum
Will Richardson
Cooper
Mission
Provide all children with the relevant tools to develop a foundation for living, learning and working successfully.
VisionCooper or is a learning community characterized by a responsive, child-centered philosophy that respects diversity and supports high expectations for the learning of all in a safe environment.
Brett-
Conference discussion page:
http://todaysmeet.com/wisclead
Google Doc:
https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=ah8n38hnwpnq_954c6sj5fdt
Mistake…Seeing “Content as KING”
Great resource (and free)
Google Sketch up (math, science, Art etc.)
LuLu.com students upload writing and can publish book http://paper.li/
What is learning? Active process
What “we” education is focused on:
Education vs. EverydayAnalog vs. Digital
Tethered vs. Mobile
Isolated vs. Connected
Generic vs. Personal
Consumption vs. Creation
Closed vs. Open
Eight* Shifts For Us, For Our KidsShift
#1: Do Talk to Strangers
(Friend based…Interest based)
“Kids learn on the Internet in a self-directed way, by looking around for information they are interested in, or connecting with others who can help them. This is a big departure from how they are asked to learn in most schools, where the teacher is the expert and there is a fixed set of content to master.”--Mimi ItoMacArthur Foundation
Shift #2: Create Your "G-Portfolio" “public is the new default”
Shift #3: Share Widely How do we “build” a learning e-community
Shift #4: Manage Information...Lots of It Sort, filter, find it when it is needed
21st Century readers and writers need to be able to "manage, analyze and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information."
Shift #5: Be a Crap Detector with Attention Literacy “whois” find out who has hosted a site
Shift #6: Follow Your Passions
"The model of 21st century learning described in this plan calls for engaging and empowering learning experiences for all learners. The model asks that we focus what and how we teach to match what people need to know, how they learn, where and when they will learn, and who needs to learn. It brings state-of-the art technology into learning to enable, motivate, and inspire all students, regardless of background, languages, or disabilities, to achieve. It leverages the power of technology to provide personalized learning instead of a one-size fits-all curriculum, pace of teaching, and instructional practices."
Shift #7: Learn to Learn“In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” --Eric Hoffer KahnAcamedy http://www.khanacademy.org/
Where we compete is in: LEARNING
Shift #8: Solve Problems...Creatively, Patiently
Ways people connect:
(Graphic)
Online… in 60 seconds
(Graphic)
Kelly(Reeves) - School-wide Writing Prompts/Plan
Character Trait
PBIS
Collect Data each month on these prompts
Kelly
Good Book: Teach Like a Champion
1. simplify - less is more (no more than 6 initiatives)
2. clarify what works best
3. monitor implementation
3 Keys to improved achievement for students
1. Guarenteed Viable Curriculum (Marzano)
2. Authentic College Prep Literacy
3. Effective Prep Lessons
Research does not support:
Differentiated Instruction - research does not suppot it
smaller class size
WRITING
NEED to be having students doing WAY more writing!
Write numerous 3 page essays annually
(mikeschmoker.com = Write More Grade Less)
Rafe Esquith - increase reading and writing
50-80% of curriculum should be:
New Text